Have you seen any butterflies this spring ?

[WildRosie]

I had a Peacock butterfly sitting on my outside kitchen windowsill a few minutes ago (please excuse the dirt). Must be the sunshine bringing them out of hibernation😊.

Yes, today! I only glimpsed it so not sure what type it was, but it was a dark colour. Also HUGE bumblebees, like helicopters!!

Yes one was fluttering around me for ages just now when I was out for a cycle. Yesterday I woke up to the loudest buzzing I have ever heard coming from behind my blind, it was a huge bumble bee, god knows how it got in as my window was shut, don't worry I took it outside it stumbled around for a bit then flew off.

CherryValance you're right! DD identified it as a Tagpfauenauge and I just checked and that translates as a peacock butterfly I'm losing the fight to keep their English up to the standard of their German because of my own ignorance! I'm rubbish at identifying trees and flowers too and German primary school is very hot indeed on hedgerow skills... I'm quite good at birds...

Yes. Peacocks, clouded yellows and commas.

No butterflies but the most enormous and loud bumble bee drifted into my house today.

Currently six different species in the garden - loads of them out every day

Comma

Yes quite a few in the garden last few days including a couple of quite big (?)cabbage whites? Sort of pale yellow colour

Brimstones, a few commas and lots of bees, more than i've ever seen. Is mother nature healing ?

Yes, I had one on my windowsill last week

Whilst on our walk today DC & I spotted 2 butterflies & a gorgeous little bee. It was lovely & warm here today.

Yes, brimstones, commas and peacocks. We've also had a wasp in the house already.

Yep, quiet a few. I think I disturbed this one the other day when I was gardening, he took a while to recover but flew away happily after.

Yes seen lots of clouded yellow ones this year

Well, I've seen a single peacock. This morning. Nowt else. Hopeless.

A few peacock butterflies 🦋. Lots of big fat 🐝 which is good!

Yes but only the ones my ds2 brought home from school as caterpillars.

Such a great thing to do with kids

Saw two peacocks in the thengarden the other day, cheered me up no end.
And thank you as I didn't know what they were called

My daughter and I rescued about two dozen today from one of our barns . They were flapping at the window .

Loads- and lots of bees too.

I saw two butterflies today and lots of bees, not sure how early it is for them. I have not seen a mistlethrush for a long time but we are inundated with jackdaws! Everywhere I go there are huge groups of jackdaws!

Ah, thanks to this thread I can tell the dcs the butterfly we saw today was a peacock 🙂

butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/identify-a-butterfly
Have a look at this @tainot

Three cabbage whites.

I've noticed several in our garden. I don't know if I'm seeing more because I'm at home all the time, or if there are more around, but I've certainly noticed more this year?
Also saw a wasp today - am less thrilled about that...